View of One of Our Potato Fields. 
Planted with the seed we are selling about May 28, and photographed July 28th. 
(VIEW NO. 2.) 
AFFIDAVIT.— (Copy,) 
STATE OF NEW YORK, ) 
County of Monroe, j- ss. 
City of Rochester. ) 
Charles H. Turpin, being duly sworn deposes and says, that he resides in Rochester, N. Y. and is a 
landscape photographer by profession; that on the 28th day of July he made the photographic negatives of 
which the pictures marked respectively Views No. 1 and 2, are the positive reproductions; that the same are 
absolutely accurate representations of their respective subjects; that the subjects of said pictures are adjoining 
potato fields in the town of Penfield, County and State aforesaid, of apparently equal fertility, planted in hills 
of equal distance apart, and separated merely by an ordinary farm fence; that deponent's camera in taking 
said negatives was placed on the line of said fence; that in taking View No. 1 said camera was pointed South, 
and in taking View No. 2, was pointed North; that an interval of less than thirty minutes elapsed between the 
taking of said negatives; that deponent is informed and verily believes that the field which is the subject of 
View No. 1, was planted on or about May 10th with the ordinary varieties of potatoes raised in that locality, 
and that the adjoining field which is the subject of View No. 2, was planted three weeks subsequently with 
improved varieties grown by GUNSON, HIGBIE & CO., especially for seed. C. H. TURPIN. 
Subscribed and sworn to before WM. M. SHAW, Com’r of Deeds. 
$80 from one-half bushel of seed. 
“Harvey Reed bought 30 pounds of your seed po- 
tatoes of me and raised 40 bushels therefrom, which 
he sold for $2.00 per bushel, realizing $80 from the 
half bushel of seed. J. Hays Duncan, Beaver Co. , Pa. 
15 bushels from 25 pounds. 
“Prom 5 pounds of Rose of Erin, Frank Knapp 
grew three bushels, and from 5 pounds of Early Vic- 
tor, a little more than three bushels, and from 15 lbs. 
of White Giant, nine bushels of fine potatoes.’’ 
John A. Miller, Lebanon Co., Pa. 
They will be sure of their seed next time. 
“Your farm seeds came this morning and are fine, 
better than we expected. All are much pleased and 
many who saw them say they wish they had given an 
order.” L. Young, Lucas Co., Ia. 
Potatoes looking fine. 
“Potatoes are very near a failure here, but all the 
potatoes I bought of you are looking fine and my 
neighbors say I have the only potatoes they know of. 
My corn I bought of you is pronounced by all who 
see it to be the finest corn in this section.” 
W. R. Davidson, Lawrence Co., Ind. 
$109 in two years from One Dollar. 
“I sold Mr. M. Moore one dollar’s worth of Rose 
of Erin potatoes two years ago. He raised 3 bushels 
the first year. He gave them to his son Frank who 
planted the 3 bushels last spring and raised 109 bush- 
els of splendid stock. He is selling them this spring 
for $1 per bushel when ordinary stock is selling for 
45 to 50 cents per bushel.” 
Jno. J. Gleiser, Dallas Co., Ia. 
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